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(b) the numbers in the appropriate age group who are estimated
to be capable of pursuing such courses successfully;
(c) the ability of the economy to provide suitable careers
for those who take such courses.
(iv) Specific objectives contained in the 1978 White Paper "The
Development of Senior Secondary and Tertiary Education" for
each of the areas covered by this programme are:
(a) senior secondary education
(i) the provision of subsidized places in senior secondary
forms (Forms IV - V) for about 60% of 15-year olds in
government, aided and private non-profit-making schools
by 1981;
(ii) to achieve the objective stated at (i) above by the
construction of new schools, by the creation of
additional classes in government and aided schools
by the use of flotation, by the development in selected
government and aided schools of a fully symmetrical
structure of five streams throughout Forms I - ́V, and
by buying places in private non-profit-making schools;
(iii) to provide subsidized Lower Form VI places (with
progression to Upper Form VI for students in Anglo-
Chinese schools) for up to one-third of students entering
subsidized Form IV places two years previously;
(iv) to convert existing private non-profit-making schools
into fully aided schools;
(v) to provide guidance and assistance through the
Schools Division and the Advisory Inspectorate to help
secondary schools to work towards the achievement of
their aims; and
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